Wednesday, August 11, 2010

If you watch as much food television as I do, you hear the adjective "sexy" thrown around quite a bit, and more often than not, it just doesn't fit. No matter how nice a bowl of chili looks, or how beautifully a game hen glistens, they're not really "sexy."

This burrata bruschetta with grilled figs on the other hand? Totally "sexy!" If there were such a thing as word association flash cards of food, the most common result for this one would be "sexy." Okay, I'm going to stop using those quotation marks now.Above and beyond how awesome this recipe tastes, it's so nice to be able to post such an aesthetically pleasing dish after the recent string of homely food. I appreciate all the nice comments about the sausage and zucchini stew, but if that thing was a blind date, it would have been described as, "having a nice personality."Depending on the location, I can't guarantee you'll be able to find burrata and fresh black mission figs, but if you can, you really need to give this a try. I know someone will ask, so I'll tell you right now, there really isn't a great substitute for this heavenly cheese.

A very fresh mozzarella would be the closest, but it would still be like substituting for Beyonce with Wanda Sykes. That's no insult to Wanda Sykes (she has a great personality), but in the sexy department, Mrs. Jay-Z is in a whole other league, and so is this burrata and grilled fig bruschetta. Enjoy!

hey Chef John. Today is my mom's birthday and I was wonder if you have any suggestions????? I was thinking pasta primavera.. (did I spell that right?) and roasted garlic spread on baguette. still needs something else with you though.. I hope you have some advice. :D

Absolutely insanely great! I made this dish this evening and it was wonderful.

I had a bit of burrata and a few figs left over and even without the bread or the balsamic vinegar . . . yum! Almost like ice cream.

The only downside I had was that with grilling the figs skin side down you have to watch very carefully that the skin doesn't burn and get a bit crunchy. I think next time I back off the heat and go cut side down.

Well, not as sexy as described but I had to skimp on ingredients. Not because of money but because the ingredients called for are just not available. No Burata, substitute buffalo mozzarella (your right, BTW, Wanda Sykes all the way). No Black mission figs by name but a reasonable substitution of black figs from California. All in all, not bad